AGENDA:

Call to order - Mike Shannon, Acting Chair, called the meeting
to order at 7:35 p.m.

Approval of Minutes for March 10, 2004 - Minutes were approved
unanimously as corrected

Old Business - was shifted to first on the agenda to recognize
the presence of Florence Naeve from Supervisor Bulova's office. She
re-introduced a discussion of the ways to handle citizen trail
requests. Florence provided three examples. The first was a missing
trail link across VA Power property that would connect to bus stop and
major trails. That project was moved ahead as there was funding and it
was an access to transit. The second project was proposed by a person
with a disability who moved into a neighborhood missing a sidewalk to
access a shopping center. In that case, the Association President was
asked to poll residents on the street who all agreed that it was a good
idea and agreed to provide any necessary right-of-way. The third case
came from a citizen not in the community, but the request was not
supported in the community. The main point is that projects need
support of the community if they are not primarily safety issues or
school access routes. Braddock District reps think this support should
be determined prior to staff working on cost estimating. No conclusions
were drawn, but the committee was asked to think about policy and
issues for the future.

Staff Reports - Sheng Leu announced that the monthly DPWES
project status reports will be submitted via e-mail. At the request of
some committee members, a hard copy will be generated and distributed
every quarter.

Chris Wells announced that the COG sponsored “Street Smart” campaign
has started again for this year and will run from April through May.
This $375,000 program promotes safety for pedestrians and bikers, as
well as driver awareness. There will be radio spots and cable TV spots
as well as signs on bus shelters and buses.

Earlier in April there was a staff meeting with DPWES (Ahmed Rayyan
and Barry Hickey), DPZ (Sheng Leu), and DT (Chris Wells, Mimi Murray,
and Kathy Ichter) to discuss priority trail projects for the
transportation bond. The idea is to keep the list flexible so that as
the bond progresses and projects are completed, there are additional
projects available for development. The existing list will have
projects added from the NMTC prioritized list. In approximate priority
order projects will be ranked with those already on the list first,
then ongoing projects that need additional funding, projects that
provide access to public transportation and other projects from the
priority list. The list will be composed from a county perspective, to
give the most bang for the buck.

Ahmed Rayyan stated that there is potential for as much as $1 million
for trails in 3rd quarter review. There may also be funding in the
newly approved budget - a report on this funding will be presented at
the May meeting.

Chair Report - no additional information

New Business - Members proposed several items for consideration
at future meetings. These included: